The crowds shouted: Hosanna to the Son of David! (Matthew 21:9)
God promised in Isaiah 11:1 that a son of David would ascend the eternal throne.
Jesus’ case before Pilate was about the question of kingship.
God is the King of the Jews, whom the people now reject for the second time in John 19:15. ‘We have no king but Caesar.’
Some gladly accept Jesus as Saviour and helper in times of need. Jesus wants to be more. He wants to be our King.
The question is whether we give Jesus authority or deny it to him. Who we give power to in our lives – what or who rules us.